(48) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرُّخْصَةِ فِي كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ
Narrated Anas:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was cupped. Abu Talhah did the cupping. So he ordered that he be given two Sa' of food, and he spoke to his masters to reduce his taxes. He said: 'The most virtuous of what you treat with is cupping.' Or, he said: 'The best of your treatments is cupping.'"[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, Ibn 'Abbas, and Ibn 'Umar.[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Anas is a Hasan Sahih. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), and others permitted paying the cupper. This is the view of Ash-Shafi'i.
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1278
In-book reference: Book 14, Hadith 80
English translation: Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 1278